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Sennheiser's RS 170 wireless headphones make a great choice for movie and TV buffs. Their dynamic bass boost and virtual surround sound processing simulate the spaciousness and impact of a full home theater system. The comfortable, cushioned earcups sit around your ears to seal out external noise. And with a listening range of up to 260 feet, these 'phones let you roam freely throughout your living area — make popcorn during TV commercials or stay up for a late-night movie while your spouse sleeps soundly next to you.

Exceptionally "Kleer™" wireless technologyThe RS 170s use Kleer wireless technology to deliver uncompressed stereo sound. Unlike other wireless technologies, Kleer delivers lossless, CD-quality digital audio, which means you won't be able to tell the difference between these headphones and your wired ones. Multi-receiver mode allows two or more people using Sennheiser Kleer headphones to listen to the same audio source, so you can easily share music, movies, or TV shows with your friends and family.

Convenient storage and easy setupThe multi-purpose transmitter keeps your headphones charged up and ready to go. It also doubles as a docking station, so you'll never forget where you put them. Wireless setup is easy — just connect the transmitter to a spare headphone jack or RCA audio output using the included cable. Then plug the transmitter into an AC power outlet. Automatic tuning does the rest, pairing with the headphones for interference-free sound.

From the review Sennheiser RS 170 wireless headphones "Sound quality was on a par with, or better than, many wired headphones I've used in the past, and they did a solid job getting my music or video audio track to where I was, with no transmission noise or dropouts. Setting [up the RS 170] was easy — a plug and play operation and the form factor of the headphones and their stand almost seemed to invite me to use them."— Ken Nail, Crutchfield Video Producer and A/V Writer

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Features

Overview: The Sennheiser RS 170 RF stereo hi-fi wireless
headphone system offers transparent and balanced sound imaging with excellent
bass response making it ideal for hi-fi, home cinema, and TV use. The Sennheiser
RS 170 wireless headphone system is made up of a pair of wireless headphones
(HDR 170) and a multi-purpose transmitter (TX 170) which also functions as an
charging cradle and docking station. The RS 170 also features a Dynamic Bass
Boost and Surround Sound simulation mode for your favorite music and movies. The
RS 170 utilizes Kleer's uncompressed digital wireless audio transmission,
offering a range of up to 260 feet, audiophile-grade sound, and reception to
four optional pairs of Sennheiser Kleer headphones. The Sennheiser RS 170 offers
automatic, interference-free pairing between the headphone and transmitter.

Note: Kleer technology will not interfere with wireless networks
or other 2.4 GHz devices.

Wireless Headphones: The RS 170's wireless headphones utilize audiophile-level transducer systems
with powerful neodymium magnets for clear and detailed audio reproduction.
The over-the-ear private earcups provide exceptional detailed, full-bodied sound
reproduction. The around-the-ear design also prevents sound leakage.
Leatherette earpads and an adjustable cushioned headband provide a comfortable
fit. The headphones receive their wireless stereo audio signal from the included
transmitter. The wireless headphones are powered by two supplied rechargeable
NiMH "AAA" batteries (for up to 24 hrs). You can place the headphones on the
multi-purpose transmitter to recharge the batteries (approx. 16 hrs).

Note: The headphones can operate off of "AAA" alkaline (1.5V)
batteries or NiMH (1.2V/600mAh) rechargeable batteries.

Multi-Purpose Transmitter: The transmitter connects to your television's or audio system's audio
output and then transmits the audio signal wirelessly to the RS 170's wireless
headphones. The Multi-purpose transmitter also functions as a charging cradle
and docking station. The transmitter operates off of standard house-hold AC
current via the included AC power adapter.

Multi-Receiver Mode: Up to 4 Sennheiser Kleer headphones can be
connected to one transmitter so 4 people can listen to the same sound source.

Note: Additional Kleer headphones sold separately.

Auto Power Off: If there is no signal from the transmitter for more
than 5 minutes, the headphones automatically switch to standby mode. If the
headphones are outside the transmission range or switched to off for more than 5
minutes, the transmitter automatically switches to standby mode.

Controls

Transmitter:

Multi-Function: With the multi-function button, you can switch
the transmitter on, to standby mode, set the transmitter to multi-user
operation, and associate the transmitter.

Surround: Activates or deactivates 3D surround sound.

Bass: Activates or deactivates the dynamic bass boost function.

Attenuator: The attenuator switch allows you to select 0dB or
-8dB to match the incoming audio signal of your audio source for optimal
sound performance.

Headset:

Multi-Function: With the multi-function button, you can switch
the headphones on, to standby mode, set the headphones to multi-user
operation, mute the headphones, and associate the headphones.

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Pros:I like the charging system. The quality is good although I have only used it on TV broadcast and seems adequate. No buzz or hum or his. Comfort is good for about an hour then you need a break.

Cons:Sennheiser has been around for ever. I am surprised at the design team.The controls are the really only not acceptable issue with these phones. It is very awkward to try to change the controls in anyway while they are on your head. The controls are too small and poorly located. There should be a remote or have 2 buttons in the center of each headphone, bass/surround & volume+/-. Why no treble control ? Impossible to A B with the already odd surround function.

Excellent customer service, excellent product!

I bought these headphones in December 2014. LOVE them. Great sound, feel very nice on my head. Many hours of use before they need charging! Recently I had an issue with the headphones not charging when put on the base. I wasnt sure if there was something that I was doing wrong. So I called Crutchfield to ask advice. They immediately told me that they would ship me a new set. Wow! I have never had that kind of service before. I was only calling for advice, but they really delivered! I received my new set today. Cant wait to get them set up to start using them. Great product! Thanks Crutchfield.

Pros:Great sound quality, nice fit, surround sound is very nice,

Cons:None, other than that one problem with the phones not charging at some point when in base. Which was quickly remedied when calling Crutchfield. ??

Senheiser RS-170

I bought these for my husband who is hard of hearing. Other reviews spoke of the quality of sound and lack of hissing, and they were absolutely right. The sound is spot-on and there is no distortions whatsoever. He's been using them for 2 weeks, and just loves them. He seems to be wearing them all the time now. He can hear all the dialog and even that of people with heavy accents which he couldn't discern at all before. He's remarked more than once on how much he's been missing, and he's not one to be easily impressed. These are RF (Radio Frequency) and so he can wear them outside in the garage and still listen to the news or football game which has been quite a bonus as well. They're light weight and the headband is adjustable, which means I can wear them, too. I'd highly recommend these to anyone in the market for headsets.

Bad Headphone

Bought this product on 7/10/14 and it never worked right. I almost use this headphone every time I turn on the TV, and I have to unplug-plug the base unit from the power supply to get it to work. When I walk around the house (or turn my head), the sound cuts off for a few seconds until it adjusts to my position. Now the batteries seem to quit after 4 hours of watching the football games. I've had wireless head phones that cost under $100 that worked much better than this unit. Stay away from the RS 170!

Well worth the money!!

Very realistic sound and good bass and surround, I went with 'closed' back headphones to avoid any issues with my wife overhearing what I'm listening to....so I avoided both the higher-end Sennheiser RS180 and RS220 because of their 'open' back construction,

Sennheiser RS 170

Great sounding pair of headphones. They are light & comfortable. As many reviewers have stated, the controls are small & hard to use w/ the headphones on, but I use them for listening to music & rarely make any volume changes. The range on these headphones is pretty good. I use them primarily in my woodshop I built in a corner of my automotive shop- my automotive shop is metal building over 120 foot long & these will work all over my shop & in both of my offices. Every now & then they will drop out for a second when I move my head quickly, but it's not often enough to be annoying. They are connected to a TEAC UD-H01 DAC and I stream Pandora from my PC. The charging/base station works great and is very convenient.

Sennheiser RS 170

This product delivers a fantastic sound, I used the surround sound. It is too bad that neither my wife or I could adjust the feel of the foam ear cups to maintain a comfortable fit. To us, they became very warm during a prolonged usage of 2 to 3 hours of continuous use.

Great choise!

I purchased these 2 years ago so I could study on-line school in peace since my wife or kids want to be watching TV where I am. The wife was not excited at all to use them at first, now she thinks they are the best gift I've given her. I am ordering a second set of headphones today so we can watch movies in the bedroom at a volume I can hear without keeping the kids awake with explosions, car chases, or language.

Cons:Control buttons on the headphones difficult to use while wearing, sound quality is very good but not great, but everyone varies in what sounds the best and I am used to high quality studio grade phones

Sennheiser RS 170

The only real disappointment was the sound quality: while it was clear/noise free, it lacks crisp treble and low freq or bass reproduction. i was expecting a rich FULL sound. the sound i hear is moderate quality

Great headphones!

Written By Russ, North Augusta, SC on Wednesday, March 05, 2014

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Noise Reduction

Sound Quality

I've used these headphones for about 3 years now. Used to have some Sony ones but they were garbage in their wireless capability. These produce superb sound quality you will not be disappointed with. Excellent range, never had them cut out or lose sound quality. You will not be disappointed. Unless you buy something else... :)

Pros:Sound quality, works well every time, consistent rock solid. You can connect several headphones to 1 base transmitter!

Cons:Cups get a little uncomfortable after hours, maybe they all do. Control buttons are way too small with no differentiating symbol to feel. Takes a while to get used to them so you can work them without taking the headset off. Getting extra headsets to work sometimes takes finesse with your timing in "hitting" the power button on the unit and the headsets can have a delay so you might think the 2nd headset is not working. Give it 10 seconds anyhoo before you try the power again.

Exactly What I Wanted

I was looking to replace a less expensive set of wireless headphones and these fit the bill. Extremely good noise cancellation without any hiss. The headphones have a pretty good range, with little drop in sound quality. The surround sound and extra bass features provide numerous variations of sound that are fun to play with.

Incredible clarity

I' am a hearing impair person. Until now I had much difficulty understanding tv dialog. Not even with my hearing aides that cost me $7,000.00The RS 170 solve my problem, I now understand the dialog loud and clear. The RS 170 are God sent. This is the best investment I ever made.

Sennheiser RS170

The sound quality is very good so long as your are not hoping to listen to music with soft passages. These are squelched or masked by a buzzy noise. I was hoping to use these several rooms away from my stereo, however even 60ft away I find that there are spots were the rf signal drops out.

Pros:OK for rock music or TV

Cons:Not for music with quiet passages.
Not reliable for use in rooms other than where the transmitter is located.

Worth Every Penny

After 30 years in the construction and 10 years in the Sound business, I have some hearing loss. I bought these so I could hear and understand the TV with out damaging the hearing of others in the room. The sound is fantastic. Very comfortable. Even the commercials sound good. The range is great. I can walk all over the house and still hear the TV. The only negative is that the controls on the headset are difficult to operate with the headset on. A small price to pay for all the other benefits.

Excellent head set.

These are really good headphones. I had to return them because I am 80 years old and needed phones that reduce bass sounds. The bass in today's phones and speakers block voices so I cannot understand half of what is being said. The phones, as I said, are great. I just cannot use them as I could not use BOSE headset for the same reason. Hookup to TV is easy and sound is good a long distance away. Good wireless headphones.

Pros:Easy hookup Quality sound in other rooms of the house. As good as BOSE without wires.

Cons:No good for older ears as bass sounds that are needed for good stereo blocks voice quality with movies or news.

Sennheiser RS 170

I've used these about four times now, and may have almost figured them out. They aren't "plug and play" if you have an older TV, but as usual the Crutchfield techs (Allen) patiently worked me through the set up I needed. I'm hearing impaired and wanted to get something that would give me better speech understanding; my 5.1 surround system wouldn't even quite cut it with the volume cracked up to dish-rattling level. Initial efforts with these didn't really provide much improvement for my situation; dialogue was still difficult to understand. As a last resort, I tried to wear my hearing aids with these, hoping I wouldn't get a lot of feedback. Short version: no hearing aid feedback and vastly improved speech recognition. The surround sound aspect of these works really well, the bass enhancement okay. The instructions are sort of sketchy concerning the available adjustments, but that's why I wouldn't consider getting these from anyone other than Crutchfield. They are always there for you. I'm not sorry I bought them. A casual listening experience (which most people want) is a lot different than trying to overcome a problem. At the risk of preaching, protect your hearing folks. When it's gone it's gone for good. It's a life changer, and not in a good way. Crutchfield was the only company that supplied me with intelligent information and recommendations. Not even my audiologist could do that. I'll never buy anything from anyone other than them. Crutchfield is priceless.

Sennheiser RS170 Wireless Headphones

This is my second set of Sennheiser headphones--one gift given to me at Christmas. Liked them so much, got a second set for my Dad. Great as an early riser to be able to watch television without waking up the hubby! The Crutchfield customer service was excellent to deal with. I would always recommend buying from Crutchfield!

Works great after some troubleshooting

I bought these for my daughter's birthday. We have 3 pairs of corded Sennheiser headphones in the house so that's the only brand I looked at for wireless. She wanted wireless because she often listens to her TV and iPod while doing activities in her room and around the house. Difficult to do with corded headphones.

Had I reviewed these the first day it would have been one star. The instructions provided for hooking them up and getting started are just pictures. They also provide instructions via a PDF file on a disk that's included. I don't understand why they don't include printed instructions when they do provide a safety book that's in hundreds of languages and hundreds of pages long (just a slight exaggeration here).

We got them working by following the pictures. At first my daughter was happy with them. Ten minutes later she said the sound keeps cutting out. She was watching a TV show and periodically the sound would just stop. I read through the entire manual online and also searched the web for this issue. The key thing I found is that you need to turn the volume up on your source at least to 50% to avoid this problem. Then use the volume control on the headphones to reduce the volume you hear. Apparently the unit shuts off momentarily if it doesn't detect any sound so by turning it up you avoid this problem.

Now they work great. This is a key instruction that Sennheiser should make more clear. I'm sure it's a problem others have based on other reviews on the web.

Pros:Great sound. Comfortable. Convenient. Look nice. Great range; my daughter is able to even go outside and hear her music.

Cons:Instructions included are not clear enough. Even the troubleshooting section of the instructions don't list source volume too low as a possible cause for sound drop outs. I hope this review helps others who buy these headphones to avoid this problem. They really are great headphones once you get past this problem.

sennheiser rs 170 headphones

great for watching movies or listening to radio when others are doing or watching something else, also good for working in shop and listening to radio and also protecting hearing while using power tools.

Cons:On/Off button on headset hard to find when needed since it's so close to vol buttons. Easy to turn off when wanting to adjust volume. Needs a auto on/off feature like Sony does w/ micro switch in headband. It knows when it's on your head.

Sennheiser RS 170 Wireless Headphones

The RS 170 is an excellent product. Used with a TV the speech is greatly improved and the music is very good. The unit is also very comfortable and of good quality. The only downside, as stated in some other reviews, is that the volume and mute buttons are impossible to use without removing the headphones. Having done that, the functions are easy to use.

Same ol same ol

I am hard of hearing and i purchased wireless headphones to help me hear speech on my TV. These headphones are the second pair I have purcheaed, the first ones were the 120, they worked well enough but brok in 6 months. I went ahead and purchased the 170's as I did not want to repeat the problem I had with the 120's. Though the 170's sound much better, they still have the same design weakness as the 120's (cheap plastic connectors holding the headphones on the headband). I would have thought for $280 they would have used metal at least somewhere in the construction. The use of plastic connectors at a majior stress point is stupid, anyone who tries to spread out the headphones wider is asking for a broken product. I know now that if I treat these like they are made of glass, they should last for a few years (hopefully). It is a shame when Sennheiser has such a very good product, and then screws it up by making it very cheaply.

Pros:Excellent sound quality these makes it easy to understand recorded voices, ease of use, very comfortable fit, excellent range.

Cons:Very cheap plastic construction. Easy to snap off (break) the earphone when adjusting. Awkward placement of controls on the earpiece, you have to remove headphones completely to make adjustments to the sound output.

Alright Headphones

I have been using these for a little over a year now. I bought them to replace my 900 mhz headset, which I was very happy with for many years. I agree with all the comments on having to take headset off to press buttons. I find the surrond sound button ineffective and the bass button doesnt do a whole lot. I use these for movie listening late at night. I find when it comes to action movies the speakers get distorted at a medium volume level...kind of dissapointing for what they cost. Would not recommend to a friend.

Problem Solved

Absolutely wonderful. Gift for my husband who doesn't hear very well and was always missing what was being said during a movie or tv program. I'm a grateful wife who hears very well and is now never asked what was said and winds up missing parts of the program to explain to my husband what he missed. These wonderful head phones were actually a gift for both of us. People I talked to at Crutshfield were very kind and helpful.

Pros:Husband can turn sound up as loud as he wants and I can't hear a thing from the earphones. I can now have the tv at a reasonable sound to suit me.

Sennheiser RS 170

With just a little more thought, a good headset could have been a great headset. The volume controls and on/off controls are located in close proximity. That makes it very difficult to adjust the sound level by feel. Putting the on/off switch right between the up/down volume controls was a poor choice. This design could have been better.

Sennheiser RS 170

I reviewed many wireless sets of headphones from $100 to $600. I thought I would give the Sennheiser RS 170 a chance. After all I could send them back if I didn't like them. My wife goes to bed early so I thought I would used the headphones then. Well, I wear them all the time. The bass and surround sound is beyond excellent. Comfort, style, and range are too. This is the first Sennheiser product I have bought and I'm very happy.

Pros:Excellent sound reproduction
Great reception range
Excellent Bass and Surround
Very comfortable even on extended wearing of headphones

Cons:The only improvement I would like is better tactical feel for the side buttons.